Ismael Rivera
El satélite lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1958
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 4:40
(Satelite llamado a control, no responden).
(Satellite calling for control, no response)
La energía la tenemos
We have the energy
y se esta agotando ya
and it's running out now
¿y que es lo que pasa?
What is going on?
que ignorandonos estan, no responden.
They're ignoring us, no response.
Onda corta y onda larga
Short wave and long wave
todo se ha tratado ya
everything has been tried already
¿y que es lo que pasa?
What is going on?
que ignorandonos estan, no responden.
They're ignoring us, no response.
¿Qué sera lo que pasa?
What could be happening?
Maria Linda, no responden.
Pretty Maria, they don't respond.
La energia la tenemos
We have the energy
y nos tienen en, veremos.
and they have us waiting.
No, no, no, nona, no, no nona
No, no, no, nona, no, no nona
no te asombres.
don't be surprised.
Nos mandaron para la luna,
They sent us to the moon,
que en la tierra no hay fortuna.
because there's no fortune on the earth.
Y que sigan cominicando,
And let them keep communicating,
mi rumba vengo sonando.
my rumba is coming through.
Rumbatela, rumbateli, no responden! ecua jey!! quema!
Rumbatela, rumbateli, they don't respond! ecua jey!! burn!
¿Qué será lo que pasa,
What could it be that's happening,
qué será lo que pasa? y no responden.
what could it be that's happening? and they don't respond.
Aqui arriba en el espacio
Up here in space,
todo se goza despacio.
everything is savored slowly.
Nona linda, nona linda
Pretty nona, pretty nona,
no te asombres.
don't be surprised.
Y nos tienen en veremos,
And they're keeping us in suspense,
y nos tienen en veremos.
and they're keeping us in suspense.
Satelite.
Satellite.
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Key vocabulary
- veremos
- we will seeB2
- agotando
- draining
- aqui
- here
- arriba
- upA1
- asombres
- shock
- cominicando
- communicating
- corta
- shortB1
- despacio
- slowlyA1
- ecua
- Ecuadorian
- energia
- energy
About this song
Firmly fixed in the Latin music firmament as "El Sonero Mayor" (The Greatest Singer), Ismael Rivera was blessed with a gloriously husky voice, which he honed into a unique improvisational instrument.